My Love; My Life: Slipping Through My Fingers

H: Holly

* Tilly Conors, Neil Wolowitz (enrolled year prior after his family made the official move) & Asher Rue-Senior (age 18)*
* Ace Cooper & Holly Hofstetter (still home schooled)-freshman (age 15)*
* B2 & Zin Cooper-around 10/11 yrs old, B2 is now a Junior & Zin is still homeschooled as well as well as talking a bit more, but only to a limited amount of people*
* Tuck & Tina Kripke, Ember Everwood, Dal, Houie, & Cali Cooper, Luke, Angel, & Homily, Dalib & Panchali (she started at the school a yr. prior) Koothrapali, & Delilah Burgess (had brief mentionings in earlier chapters & will be important later)-juniors (age 17)*
* GG & Louie Kripke & Shey Sparks-sophomores (age 16)*
* Halley Wolowitz-is a sophomore in college (age 20)*
* Carl Connors (owns the bar full time & is saving up for his & Halley's wedding), Hyla Cooper (nearing readying to run forte-election as she reaches her last yr in office) & Charity Prescott (went to school w/Hyla & Carl & is a teacher at the school, she'll be more important later)-(age 23)*
* Putting the ages is more for my own benefit as I have trouble remembering such things sometimes*
*Dancing Queen: ABBA; Mama Mia version*
Setting: start of 2037 school year; end of the day of the 1st week, Tilly & Asher at her locker...

"I wish y'all would stop botherin me bout GG," Tilly tells him, "she's still pissed at ya bout Jason," she adds in as she replies her lipgloss-something she wouldn't normally wear, but has been as well as putting more effort into her appearance this year so as to get her teacher's attention, "and that you didn't get a long stay in prison-ya know she ain't gonna want nothin ta do with ya now," she continues as she smacks her lips a bit, "but," she sighs out as she closes her locker, "ya did the right thing by turnin yerself in n not lettin Luci take the blame...Louie would've had yer head if ya had."

"I was in prison all summer befere my cousins baled me out," he mutters, "then told me that if I didn't go back on my meds n agree ta go ta therapy, then they'd ave me committed."

"seein as Shey plans on droppin out within this or next year," she starts, "I'm the only one goin ta college-till our baby brother's grown anyways...so I figured that since it's our senior year," she tells him, "we auto find out once in fer all if we actually are blood."

"Hm?"

"Well, if we are," she states, "then there ain't no way y'all'll be able ta be with GG-not that she's likely ta ave now, or at least not any time soon anyways...n if we ain't, ya still can't really act on yer feelins fer 'er till after she graduates-otherwise y'all be looked at as a pedophile n get arrested again," she adds in as she closes her locker & finally actually looks at him, "n that's one crime ya won't be able ta pin on Luci."

"So," Asher says as they start heading for there next class, "dinner tonight?"

"Nope," she states, "avin a gals weekend-a friend of mine really needs it."

"How's Ember..." he asks looking at the ceiling

"..." Tilly goes quiet for a moment

"Since-ya know..."

"Since er kid was stillborn?"

"..." he just shifts his gaze to her

"Huh," she sighs out as she pulls at her hair a bit, "well, er parents letter move back in-under the condition that she keep way from ya..."

"Why's it feel like ya got more than just that ta say?"

"Theys talkin bout pullin er outta school," she tells him, "n theys don't wanner ta ave Nothin ta do with Tucker no more either...e's been depressed ever since she moved out."

"It's my fault-"

"Ya think," she says sarcastically, "yer also the reason Delilah Burgess left-"